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To exhaust a person or animal.
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Running errands all day really knocked him out.
Submitted on September 01, 2012
Modified by alison.hand on February 21, 2022
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- move on
- orange up
- run after
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- run over
- speak up
- step down
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- swear off
- zero in on
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- chip off the old block
- easy does it
- flower
- for goodness' sake
- get somebody's goat
- go without saying
- golden opportunity
- green light
- green light
- ground rules
- hack it
- have a cow
- home stretch
- if needs be
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- jolly someone along
- let her rip
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- mind one's own business
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- off-color
- on edge
- one of those days
- play one's cards right
- point the finger at
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- rock the boat
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- second banana
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